FPF Reference

    13. Build a state-of-the-art or option portfolio

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    What this page is

    This is generated FPF reference text from the specification preface or supporting sections. It helps interpret FPF; it is not FPF Reference product documentation.

    Methodology

    Use it to understand how the specification wants to be read, then return to a route, pattern, or work packet for active work. Cite generated IDs only when the wording changes the task decision.

    Content

    Use this when the project needs the current field of possible solutions, schools of thought, research lines, technologies, or design options, rather than one recommendation.

    FPF helps you harvest alternatives, keep novelty and diversity visible, define comparison characteristics, avoid early collapse to one winner, and refresh the portfolio as the field changes.

    Typical first result: a SoTA pack, option portfolio, candidate set, archive, or selector-ready publication with declared scope, comparison characteristics, and refresh condition.

    First inspect: G.0, G.1, G.2, G.5, G.10, G.11, C.18, C.19, A.19, and A.19.ECS.

    Last Updated: 2026-06-08 — upstream FPF commit 093d30e8 (github.com/ailev/FPF)